White Rata

I've been watching this rata for a while... It's in a wind-swept tree out on the windfarm and I always go and check it out when we're doing are mortality searches to make sure it's doing ok!

When i went to see it yesterday it was finally flowing and, as it turns out, it's white! I was expecting it to be red and thought white ones were just hybrids developed for gardens... As they say, you learn something new everyday :)

Thanks to Andrew - this is a Metrosideros perforata